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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 10:44:41 -0800
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] GTK3, Glade interface designer (router, auto?)
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On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> On 10/05/2015 11:34 PM, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:
> >>  Well, considering the fact that I use gEDA and PCB nearly every day,
> >> *I* am the user base.  And to watch the traffic around here, I'm the
> >> only guy busy actually USING this stuff!
> >
> > I am an user too in that sense. Britton too. We both say scripting is
> > good, so you are losing this by rate 2:1.
>
>   Oh hey, no, I never said scripting wasn't good.  I like scripting.  I
> just don't like people getting their panties in a bunch when it isn't
> done in their favorite language so they insist it be changed to suit them.
>

There's no real reason not to support multiple scripting languages, as Igor
has shown with his fork.


>   It also really annoys me (and this is nobody's problem but mine) when
> people complain about Scheme as being "hard".  This is electronic
>

Its not hard, it just doesn't have much library coverage and so is less
useful than other languages. And lets be honest, all those parens are only
there because when lisp was invented LALR generalization hadn't happened
yet.  It makes me laugh that after the fact people call it simplicity.
Backus had more balls :)

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Dave McGuire (<a href=3D"mailto:mcguire=
@neurotica.com">mcguire AT neurotica DOT com</a>) [via <a href=3D"mailto:geda-user=
@delorie.com">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>] <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com" target=3D"_blank">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>&gt=
;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D"">On 10/05=
/2015 11:34 PM, <a href=3D"mailto:gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu">gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu<=
/a> wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;=C2=A0 Well, considering the fact that I use gEDA and PCB nearly ev=
ery day,<br>
&gt;&gt; *I* am the user base.=C2=A0 And to watch the traffic around here, =
I&#39;m the<br>
&gt;&gt; only guy busy actually USING this stuff!<br>
&gt;<br>
</span>&gt; I am an user too in that sense. Britton too. We both say script=
ing is<br>
&gt; good, so you are losing this by rate 2:1.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 Oh hey, no, I never said scripting wasn&#39;t good.=C2=A0 I like scr=
ipting.=C2=A0 I<br>
just don&#39;t like people getting their panties in a bunch when it isn&#39=
;t<br>
done in their favorite language so they insist it be changed to suit them.<=
br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style=3D"">There&#39;s no real reason n=
ot to support multiple scripting languages, as Igor has shown with his fork=
.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0=
 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
=C2=A0 It also really annoys me (and this is nobody&#39;s problem but mine)=
 when<br>
people complain about Scheme as being &quot;hard&quot;.=C2=A0 This is elect=
ronic<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style=3D"">Its not hard, it just =
doesn&#39;t have much library coverage and so is less useful than other lan=
guages. And lets be honest, all those parens are only there because when li=
sp was invented LALR generalization hadn&#39;t happened yet.=C2=A0 It makes=
 me laugh that after the fact people call it simplicity.=C2=A0 Backus had m=
ore balls :)=C2=A0</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>

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